Anniversary

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>I agree with Yoshie, but the impression may arise from remarks, quite
>defensible in themselves, like the one with which he ended a talk on the
>Middle East a year ago March: "There is no doubt that the US role remains
>critical, probably decisive, which is good for us because that's the one
>factor that we can influence -- a fact that confers upon us
>responsibilities which are very grave."  --CGE

True, though the responsibilities Chomsky speaks of are 
responsibilities (to ourselves and others) to make change, to free 
ourselves and others, rather than responsibilities for the past 
crimes of the US power elite and state that cannot be undone, however 
fervently we wish to.
-- 
Yoshie

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